Here's my last batch of photos from in and around Invermere. With Shelley's sprained ankle we couldn't walk too far, but we enjoyed a couple of meanders around Dorothy Lake near Kinsmen Beach. (We also enjoyed lunch at nearby Cafe Allium sitting on their patio with a view of the lake.)
A Great Blue Heron was busy catching its own lunch.
These two Painted Turtles seemed to be in a standoff.
This muskrat cooperated by pausing to be photographed.
It's nice to see lots of osprey nesting.
Of course, being around water, I couldn't resist a few reflection shots.
One of the reasons we came to Invermere was that it's one of the top places in the world for sailplanes (gliders) and we wanted to add to our flying experiences. We had great hour long flights with Trevor at Soar the Rockies. I even got to try taking over the controls and flying it for a bit. It was quite different flying 120 km/hr in a high performance sailplane with a glide ratio of 40:1, compared to a paraglider at 35 km/hr with a glide ration of 8:1. Then again, my paraglider fits in a backpack and I can hike up a mountain, launch, and land almost anywhere. Sailplanes are normally towed up by another (powered) airplane and land at an airstrip. It was cool getting up high enough to see Mt. Assiniboine in the distance. (See also Shelley's post about our flights.)
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A Great Blue Heron was busy catching its own lunch.
These two Painted Turtles seemed to be in a standoff.
This muskrat cooperated by pausing to be photographed.
It's nice to see lots of osprey nesting.
Of course, being around water, I couldn't resist a few reflection shots.
One of the reasons we came to Invermere was that it's one of the top places in the world for sailplanes (gliders) and we wanted to add to our flying experiences. We had great hour long flights with Trevor at Soar the Rockies. I even got to try taking over the controls and flying it for a bit. It was quite different flying 120 km/hr in a high performance sailplane with a glide ratio of 40:1, compared to a paraglider at 35 km/hr with a glide ration of 8:1. Then again, my paraglider fits in a backpack and I can hike up a mountain, launch, and land almost anywhere. Sailplanes are normally towed up by another (powered) airplane and land at an airstrip. It was cool getting up high enough to see Mt. Assiniboine in the distance. (See also Shelley's post about our flights.)
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